Head Nurse / Matron at Skyhigh Medical Centre

Skyhigh Medical Centre puts the needs of the patient first. It believes a healthcare system should be affordable, accessible, and quality-driven.through integrated healthcare services. Over the past few years, Skyhigh Medical Centre has continued to remain a leading healthcare provider to the communities in Lagos, promoting and providing essential healthcare delivery.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Head Nurse / Matron

Location: Magodo Phase 2, Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Roles and Responsibilties

• Collaborate with the Clinical Coordinator to establish effective systems for delivering patient-centered care with compassion, dignity, and respect, resulting in positive health outcomes
• Administration of medications to patients according to the Doctor's prescription.
• Follow up on all discharged or referred patients and ANC patients.
• Monitoring of labor cases and documentation of post & and delivery operative note
• Setting of intramuscular and intravenous infusion (when the need arises)
• Perform wound care and assist physicians during procedures.
• Ensure the highest standard of evidence-based nursing care is delivered to all patients and their families.
• Monitor and ensure patient satisfaction and be proactive in managing any issue that is identified.
• Act in accordance with the Nursing & Midwifery Council Code Standards of Conduct, performance and ethics for nurses.
• Promote innovations that will improve patient care.
• Ensure that all policies, procedures, guidelines, and work instructions that relate to patient management are regularly reviewed and updated, as required.
• Investigate incidents, accidents, concerns, non-conformities, and complaints about the wards and team, ensuring that statements are collected within agreed deadlines and by hospital policies.
• Prepare duty rosters to meet the activity of the wards/OPD, ensuring that staffing levels appropriately reflect case mix and dependency levels.
• Ability to operate the Patient Monitor effectively monitoring the following parameters adequately ECG, Body Temperature,Oxygen saturation.
• Monitoring and following-up with the Housekeepers, ensuring the theater is clean and tidy before and after procedure or surgery.
• Participate in the selection and recruitment process, ensuring that all new staff receive an appropriate and completed induction to the hospital and wards.
• Ensure the wards comply with all health and safety requirements.
• Ensure that the education, training and professional development needs of nursing staff are identified and appropriate plans are in place to meet these needs. Participate in the training of staff as appropriate.
• Proactively work to identify and promote sustainable workforce strategies, ensuring that retention levels are good and that nursing morale remains high.
• Develop collaborative and cooperative relationships with other healthcare professionals, and participate in professional and managerial meetings, liaising as appropriate.
• Performance monitoring and management of nursing staff.
• Completion of all On-boarding activities for each new staff
• Any other assignment as it may come from the General Manager or higher officer.

Educational Requirements and Qualifications

• Candidates should possess a Bachelor of Nursing Science
• Minimum of 5 year Work Experience.
• Double Qualified Registered Nurse (Registered Midwife & Registered Nurse)

Salary
N200,000 - N220,000 monthly.

Application Closing Date
30th November, 2024.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: [email protected] using the Job Title as the subject of the mail.